I finished this hack couples of days ago, supposedly binge-played it a while ago then forgot and only picked it up just earlier this week.
Had a lot of fun with this. I enjoyed the maps, especially the first part (Val part) and the stages near the end. Started playing back in the first few patches where staves gain lots of exp, so I was able to grind Katarina and Clare to high levels (Katarina was the first in my team to promote). Didn't have the sky-high stats glitch in returning characters.
My team at endgame has Ash, Alicia, Andrei, Val, Gemma, Clare, Layla, Keiran, Katarina, Linda, Kane and to some extents Josie, who turned kinda weak in later stages. Got a lot of A supports so most of them are really great, namely Alicia, Layla, Gemma. (I am thankful for the patches that upped the unit count in some maps and sold promotion items). Would use Alyssa if I didn't get the normal-healing-staff-exp patch, ehe.
About characters, the familes of Nella and especially Val have nice relationships between each other. Ash and Alicia grew on me as the story went, and Val and Andrei are pretty much realistic young adults. I look forward to unlocking more support conversations to read more about them. Would love to see more about Bran though.
Overall it has been a nice play, thank you and great job.